From: mynamehere@comcast.net   
      
   "D & J G"  wrote in message   
   news:44003805$0$30820$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
      
   > Is there a way to instruct Windows file-handling - 'Opens with:'  - from   
   > within VB6?  I want to ensure that files with the .rtf (rich text) extension   
   > always go to Word Pad, no matter which future computer uses my program.   
   >   
      
   Considering that some future computer may not even have Word Pad, this seems   
   like a bad idea.   
      
   Surely you mean that you want *your* program to launch certain .rtf files in   
   WordPad? If so, then explicitly launching WordPad and passing it the desired   
   file would make more sense:   
      
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